Show V IT ABOUT NE NEW W YORK tile the rare chinese fruits hawked in in chinatown are grown on long island waterfront Water workers have names for various piers they eire are usually named after gals despite the legend that manhattan is a all u tone stone and steel the borough is d dotted tied with more t than hall a hundred parks thirty two yea years rs after after columbus discovered america the strip of land known as manhattan was discovered by giovanni Glov annl da Verra there even a street named after him the lower end of manhattan between the battery and st is the oldest section of the city during the century wall street was the favorite hangout for pirates coin your own wisecrack greenwich village originally attracted struggling artists and scriv eners because rents were cheap there only one railroad has hai entry for its freight into manhattan by land the bulk of the railroad freight must bo be transshipped trans shipped by tug and barge bierals la in the cites hoosegows are planned by expert dieticians ceans no room service however the battery derives its name from rom a british tort fort that was once situated there south st Is dominated by the sea Sou sea boots pea jackets dungarees dung arees ard and other equipment for displayed in shop windows vin dows along this sector chinatowns China towns notorious tongs no now w are peaceful benevolent societies west st is a man made street it used to be under water i those grimy edifices near battery place reveal their pre civil war glory in carved lintels linkels lint els arched doorways and ornate cornices cornicks cor nices it if you want to tb view the big burgs peu pell m mello e drama in action go to the waterfront where tunnels railroads fer ry boats subways buses and road traffic clutter the sector with all types of transportation carrying passengers and products to and from the city some of the boweres Bow erys dismal buildings contain secret passage s once used as hideouts for criminals the pungent aromas around reade st emanate from the huge warehouses there stored with coffee tea and spi spices ces syrian coref confectionery ea shops at the foot t of washington st have the most unusual unusual and tastiest nastiest tast iest goodies in town the a most colorful edifice is the western union its stacked with 13 different shades of bricks harts island prison any cells conly only dormit dormitories bries hint such airs there are dusty tablets marking almost every historic new Y york 0 rk event the plaque on the building in g in exchange alley marks the site of the residence of the first white men on manhattan the big towns least known govern government me nt bureau Is the art commission commiss loa it okays the designs of all public buildings and works of art dadja know radio kadio city studios are coated with a special sound insulating glue the architect who 6 supervised the building of city hall ball received 6 per admy diya a very good salary at that time no one need go hungry or iio homeless cless in our burg the department part ment ot of welfare areAs Is ready to provide food and shelter for FLU all unfortunates then holcum in there are so many lers tombs prison derived its funereal name from its predecessor on that S site ite which resembled an egyptian tomb it if you want a unique experience peri per lence ence see the chinese films exhibited on an the bowery central park was built as a relief project during a depression I 1 quilts hanging on poles ad advertise ver tise a market for bed linens on grand st criminologists from many parts of the world witness the P police 0 lice departments daily lineup line up the bowery slums were e once the site of lavish farms the dutch word w or d tor f or farm Is bouwer lj the stretch between delancey and houston ats Is jocularly known as a thieves market those who have small objects to exchange or sell congregate there eighty per cent of the waldorf is built over the tracks of the new york central centra I 1 the income from the elegant residential district between filth fifth ave and a nd university pl PI goes to support a home for poor sailors the owner I 1 made that request in his will fourth ave has the longest row of secondhand second hand book emporiums five blocks blacks long one hotel in greenwich village supplies chess sets gratis for or its intellectual guests poets tack their verses on a fence along Thompson stand offer them to passersby for or two bits i allen alien st Is a study in contrasts its shops showcase the most priceless antiques as well as the cheapest mahine machine made articles the lexington lobby features at an ornate fountain mit live goliash |